07 September 2011

Team captain Andrew Ladd, Mark Stuart, Eric Fehr and Nik Antropov showed off the new colours at 17 Wing Winnipeg, the local Canadian air force personnel base.

“I think they’re great,” said Ladd, who along with Antropov sported the home darks, which feature “Polar Night Blue” as the darker of the two shades of blue.

“They’re clean, they’re simple and hopefully something that’ll last a long, long time and that we’ll be proud to wear.

“I think it’ll look good on the ice. It’s finally exciting to throw them on.”

The lighter shade is “Aviator Blue,” similar to the colours used by the RCAF, in particular on its traditional flags and also on the jerseys of the 1948 RCAF Flyers.

The jersey also features the main Jets logo, which was rolled out in late July. The secondary logo that includes the stylized wings is placed on the shoulders of the jersey.

Home darks sport trim of Aviator Blue and white, with a double, thick white strip over the elbows and a white and aviator blue trim around the bottom.

Away whites have the Polar Night Blue band down the outside of both sleeves with a silver-bordered Aviator Blue double stripe over the elbows. The silver and two blues make up the trim around the bottom.